Mazama grinds out Skyline victory over Phoenix

PHOENIX — Mazama played to its strength and managed to play keepaway from Phoenix, handing the Pirates a 34-27 Skyline Conference football defeat Friday at Jack Woodward Stadium.

PHOENIX — Mazama played to its strength and managed to play keepaway from Phoenix, handing the Pirates a 34-27 Skyline Conference football defeat Friday at Jack Woodward Stadium.

The mammoth Vikings — four of their top offensive lineman range from 250 to 300 pounds — ran the ball all but two plays, piling up 351 yards on 57 carries and leaving Phoenix's offense on the sideline for long periods.

"They've got a big group of kids," said Pirate coach Toby Walker. "They dominated the line of scrimmage against us, quite honestly on both sides of the ball."

Mazama (4-2, 2-0 Sky) built a 20-7 lead then had the ball most of the third quarter.

Phoenix (4-2, 1-1), unable to make headway on the ground, began passing the ball in the second half, and did so successfully. Justin McCreadie ended up 12 of 16 for 214 yards and hit Jose Deras with a 10-yard TD pass and Tyler Hague with a 31-yard scoring strike.

The one to Hague accounted for the Pirates' final points with 5:03 to play. They kicked off and didn't see the ball again as the Vikings converted a fourth-and-one with a minute to go.

"We threw the ball real well," said Walker. "I was real impressed with the way our O-line blocked for pass protection and the way Justin threw it and our receivers caught it. The kids came out and battled and had a shot at the end."

Deras had five catches for 114 yards and Hague four for 41.

McCreadie scored on a run of 28 yards, and Tyson Morris had a 1-yard TD.

Mazama 6 14 6 8 — 34

Phoenix 7 0 7 13 — 27

M — Lane 7 run (PAT failed)

P —McCreadie 28 run (Bazan kick)

M — Lane 1 run (Lancaster run)

M — Hall 6 run (PAT failed)

P — Morris 1 run (Bazan kick)

M — Hall 6 run (PAT failed)

P — Deras 10 pass from McCreadie (run good)

M — Hall 53 run (PAT failed)

P — Hague 31 pass from McCreadie (Bazan kick)

NORTH VALLEY 41, KLAMATH UNION 35 — At Merlin, North Valley quarterback Robbie Stalford completed 13 of his 20 attempts for 170 yards and three touchdowns and ran in a 14-yard score, helping the Knights survive Klamath Union in Skyline Conference action.

Stalford, who had one interception, threw scoring passes of 18, 47 and 13 yards for the Knights, who made a stop at their own 9 with 51 seconds left to seal the victory.

North Valley opened a 41-21 lead by scoring 13 straight points in the third quarter, but the Pelicans made a push in the fourth with 14 unanswered before falling short.

Kyler Smith, who rushed for scores from 10 and 13 yards, carried the ball 13 times for 67 yards for the Knights (4-2, 1-1 Sky). Teammate Jordan Hannah had eight carries for 78 yards and made three receptions for 96 yards.

Gabe Ovgard led KU (2-4, 1-1) with 151 rushing yards and three touchdowns (8, 25 and 2 yards) on 20 carries. He made three catches for 53 yards.

Hults connected with Tyler Campbell on a 20-yard TD pass with 5:07 left in the third quarter. The signal caller's scoring strike to Jay Hain with 1:03 to go in the third gave Hidden Valley (2-4, 0-2 Sky) a 12-10 lead.

Henley (3-3, 1-1 Sky) rallied in the fourth.

Hults finished 10 of 22 for 104 yards. Campbell made five catches for 41 yards.

Brent Ottosen led the Mustangs with 10 tackles.

Hidden Valley 0 0 12 0 — 12

Henley 0 10 0 13 — 23

Southern Cascade Hybrid

LOST RIVER 29, ILLINOIS VALLEY 27 — At Merrill, a Lost River safety with 47 seconds left ruined an Illinois Valley comeback in the nonconference game.

A botched snap from center forced quarterback C.J. Manning to fall on the fumble in the end zone, giving the Raiders the winning points.

The Cougars (3-3) erased a 15-point deficit on a pair of second-half touchdown passes from Manning to Logan Miller. The second Miller TD reception tied the score 27-all with 4:45 remaining in the game.

The Cougars got first-quarter touchdowns on James Thompson's opening kickoff return and a Manning TD run.

Lost River led 13-12 at halftime.

District 2

TRIAD 60, PROSPECT 20 — At Prospect, quarterback Darren Stillwagon passed for 240 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for a third score for Prospect in District 2 action.

Stillwagon completed 11 of his 31 attempts, including a 30-yard TD strike to Tyler Munsell and a 15-yard TD pass to Kevin Anderson in the fourth quarter. He rushed for 23 yards on 16 carries, including a 5-yard scoring run.

Will Hatley made five catches for 163 yards for the Cougars (3-3, 3-2 Dist. 2), who gave up 540 total yards and were held to 57 yards on the ground.

Austin McGrew and Josh Hutchison each recorded three touchdowns for Triad (3-2, 3-1 Dist. 2).

Triad 16 14 22 8 — 60

Prospect 0 0 6 14 — 20

T — Hutchison 35 run (McGrew run)

T — McGrew 25 run (Teaford run)

T — McCarty 12 run (pass failed)

T — McGrew 1 run (Hutchison run)

T — Hutchison 70 kick return (McGrew run)

T — McGrew 40 run (pass failed)

P — Stillwagon 5 run (pass failed)

T — Hutchison 15 run (McGrew run)

P — Munsell 30 pass from Stillwagon (pass failed)

T — Teaford 2 run (Teaford run)

P — Anderson 15 pass from Stillwagon (Stillwagon run)

NORTH LAKE 24, BUTTE FALLS 12 — At Butte Falls, linebackers Luke McGonagle and Alex Cool-Hunsaker combined for 24 tackles and Butte Falls held North Lake scoreless in the second half.

North Lake (2-3, 1-3 Dist. 2) led 24-6 at halftime.

Sophomore quarterback Cameron McCord accounted for all three of the Cowboys' touchdowns.

The Loggers (0-6, 0-5) received a 13-yard, second-quarter scoring run from McGonagle.

Colton Hanson ripped off a 42-yard touchdown run in the third quarter for the Loggers' other score.

Will Bateman and McGonagle each rushed for 57 yards to pace Butte Falls and Cool-Hunsaker added 48 yards on the ground.